Critics have faulted Pence for what they call his slow and inadequate response to the nation's first HIV outbreak linked to the injection of oral painkillers in 2015.
Critics have faulted Pence for what they call his slow and inadequate response to the nation'sPence initially opposed allowing a clean-needle exchange that health officials advocated to slow the spread of infection. Studies in medical journals have said the outbreak could have been prevented if the state had acted faster.
that the president's response plans so far include having"VP Pence, who wanted to `pray away' HIV epidemic, oversee the response." The outbreak highlighted the weaknesses in the state’s health infrastructure. Indiana ranked among the states with the fewest drug treatment providers and the lowest public health spending.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention strongly advocated Indiana remove the ban. But Pence had been opposed to needle exchanges as anti-drug policy.for Scott County that allowed for a needle exchange.
The study also noted that free HIV testing had not been available in the community since a Planned Parenthood clinic closed in 2013.
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